Southern Association for Vascular surgery

Founders' Award Recipients

This award recognizes trainees (students, residents and fellows) presenting papers at the annual meeting. The award is for original, Clinical or Basic Science papers.

2008	Cost per Day of Patency: Understanding the Impact of Patency and Reintervention in a Sustainable Model of Healthcare Dorian J. deFreitas, MD, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2007	Subintimal Angioplasty for the Treatment of Claudication and Critical Limb Ischemia: 3-Year Results Eric C. Scott, MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
2006	Toradol Effects on Post-Operative Intimal Hyperplasia In A Rat Carotid Endarterectomy Model Venkat R. Kalapatapu, MD, Little Rock, AR
2005	The Effects of Pravastatin and Clopidogrel on Intimal Hyerplasia in a Rat Model of Carotid Endarterectony Shelly L. Bledsoe, M.D., Little Rock, AR
2004	The Effect of Fluvastatin on Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Expression: the Role of Nitric Oxide Eleftherios S. Xenos, M.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2003	Can the Finite Element Model (FEM) of Stress Computation Predict the Distribution of Endotension Following Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (EAAA) Exclusion? John P. Pacanowski, M.D., University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
2002	Endotension in an Experimental Aneurysm Model C. Shawn Skillern, M.D., University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
2001	Adenosine A2A Agonist Reduces Paralysis and Apoptosis after Spinal Cord Ischemia David C. Cassada, M.D., University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, VA
2000	Saratin: (A Specific Inhibitor of Platelet to Collagen Adhesion) Decreases Platelet Aggregation and Neointimal Hyperplasia in a Rat Carotid Endarterectomy Model Carlos P. Cruz, M.D., VA Medical Center, Little Rock, AR
1999	A Rational Algorithm for Duplex Surveillance Following Carotid Endarterectomy Steven M. Roth, M.D., University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
1998	Warfarin Improves Outcome of Infrainguinal Vein Bypass Grafts at High Risk for Failure Timur P. Sarac, M.D., University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL